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LADORECORD, LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, C/LA, DC/LA (3/P)
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TOT: 2214132 SEP 95 DIRECTOR 456844 :
STAFF 2214132 DIRECTOR 456844
TO: IMMEDIATE MEXICO CITY.
FROM: LIMIT LA/MCGMXB INFO C/LA/MCG
\Lenuas: WNINTEL KDSOMBRERO KDMARTINI _
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SUBJECT: WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON MEXICO CITY TELTAPS
REF: NONE

TEXT :

1. ACTION REQUIRED: TION} COMMENTS PER PARA 3,
2. IN 22 SEP 95 ISSUE, WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE
ENTITLED "CIA RUGGED SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY. THE ARTICLE
*IS BASED ON CIA DOCUMENTS DECLASSIFIED UNDER THE<JFK ASSASSINATION>
RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992. ‘MOST OFTHE DECENSSTPTED
HOCUMENTS ARE EDITED STATION CABLES FROM THE EARLY 1960'S. HOS
HAD ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTS; REGRET THAT
WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL —
3. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOME AGENCY ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO
*CITY IN TIMEFRAME OF THE<JFK ASSASSINATION.» Most SIGNIFICANTIVD
FROM-A DAMAGE STANDPOINT] -~THE-ARTICLE STATES ".. THE CTA HAS TRIED
TO KEEP SECRET ITS WIRETAP OPERATION, WHICH WAS CARRIBR=0UT yee
THE COOPERATEON OF TRE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT THE AGENCY HAS B8curin
THAT DISCLOSING SUCH PAST ACTIVITIES MIGHT ENDANGER STMTLAR
ONGOING OPERATIONS, IN MEXICO CITY oF nL SEW EL" WOULD
APPRECIATE STATION'S INPUT ON ANY REACTION BY LIATSON
(PARTICULARLY KDSOMBRERO) OR UNILATERAL ASSETS TO TEIS FURTHER “~~
DISPLAY OF THE INABILITY OF THE USG TO KEEP CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS}
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4. |THE ARTICLE IS BEING FAXED TO STATION. ? .
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